Girl, 9 years old, discovers rare prehistoric megalodon tooth in Maryland waters: 'I couldn't believe it'

Mega find: 9-year-old girl discovers prehistoric megalodon tooth in Maryland - National

Nine-year-old Molly Sampson made a discovery that most fossil hunters can only dream of: a 5-inch-long megalodon shark tooth.

Girl, 9 years old, discovers rare prehistoric megalodon tooth in Maryland waters: 'I couldn't believe it'

Molly Sampson, a fourth grader from Prince Frederick, Maryland, found a 15 million-year-old megalodon tooth on Christmas in a bay near Calvert Cliffs. Her family had it checked by a paleontologist.

Girl, 9, finds ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ huge shark tooth from 15 million-year-old, 50-foot megalodon

A 9-year-old fossil hunter from Maryland stumbled across a once-in-a-lifetime find while scouting for treasures on the Calvert County coastline on the Chesapeake Bay: a huge tooth from a 15 million-year-old megalodon. On Dec. 25, Molly Sampson, a fourth grader from Southern Maryland was out fossil hunting with her big sister, Natalie. Molly was wrapped in layers of clothes—as it was a wind chill temperature of 10 degrees Fahrenheit outside—and h…

9-year-old Maryland girl discovers 'once-in-a-lifetime' megalodon tooth – KION546

Originally Published: 14 JAN 23 02:03 ETUpdated: 15 JAN 23 19:37 ETBy Zoe Sottile, CNN     (CNN) -- A 9-year-old aspiring paleontologist found the find of a lifetime on Christmas morning: a massive 5-inch tooth from a prehistoric megalodon. Molly Sampson, a fourth grader from Prince Frederick, Maryland, made the astonishing find on Calvert Beach. Molly told

Maryland 9-year-old finds 15 million-year-old megalodon tooth

A Maryland 9-year-old searching for shark teeth on a beach made her largest discovery to date -- a 15 million-year-old megalodon tooth.

9-year-old girl finds rare prehistoric shark tooth

9-year-old Molly Sampson went fossil hunting in Calvert Beach, Maryland, and discovered a massive tooth from a prehistoric megalodon shark that experts say lived roughly 15 million years ago. CNN affiliate WJLA reports.